> This is odd. Not sure why it is still finding a hole in the layout of /. Here is layout dump just after the message: [2012-08-19 19:45:48.868043] I [dht-layout.c:595:dht_layout_normalize] 1-vndfs-dht: found anomalies in /. holes=1 overlaps=0 [2012-08-19 19:45:48.868132] I [dht-layout.c:598:dht_layout_normalize] 1-vndfs-dht: layout->list[0] = { start = 0x0, stop = 0x0, err = -1 } [2012-08-19 19:45:48.868211] I [dht-layout.c:598:dht_layout_normalize] 1-vndfs-dht: layout->list[1] = { start = 0x0, stop = 0x0, err = -1 } [2012-08-19 19:45:48.868288] I [dht-layout.c:598:dht_layout_normalize] 1-vndfs-dht: layout->list[2] = { start = 0x0, stop = 0x7ffffffe, err = 0 } And DHT was indeed loaded. At the beginning I had this: 15: volume vndfs-dht 16: type cluster/distribute 17: subvolumes vndfs-client-0 vndfs-client-1 18: end-volume And after I added the new brick: 22: volume vndfs-dht 23: type cluster/distribute 24: subvolumes vndfs-client-0 vndfs-client-1 vndfs-client-2 25: end-volume -- Emmanuel Dreyfus http://hcpnet.free.fr/pubz manu@xxxxxxxxxx